Adams Street Residents Lose Oleander War for Drainage Reform
County officials ordered removal of four-block oleander hedge along Adams Street and Colby Drive to allow ditch cleaning. Residents opposed, but county crews cut the plants. drainage ditch will be deeper and cleaned, with hopes oleanders survive and regrow to average height in two years.
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Adams Street
Aline
Colby
Ang County
Ramsey
Richardson Place
Jer
Colby Drive
Hermes
Adams
Big Ditch
Ea En Columen
Aisa
Baytown Nursery
Stubbs
Omitted Massey and Postponed Party Mark Cedar Bayou Listings
The listing omits Patti Kate Massey from the REL Antler Club members while noting she is a senior. Cedar Bayou gym hosts a Bruins Devis meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday. students dismissed at 9 30 p.m. The Demg lay Tri City Chapter rush party is postponed with a new date to be announced. Weather: Baytown partly cloudy, 55 to 80 expected Friday.
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Patti Kate Massey
REL Antler Club
Bruins Devis
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Rangers Face South Houston JVs In Bid For Sixth Win
The Sterling Rangers meet the South Houston JVs Friday night in Memorial Stadium aiming for a sixth win in seven starts. After a 6-4 loss to Ball High they rebounded with 19-0 over La Marque, 13-0 against Brazosport, and 7-6 at Pasadena. The squad, in top condition aside from Steve Kysar with a color arm, prepares to counter a large team known for a strong quarterback and five versatile ends.
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Sterling Rangers
South Houston Jvs
Houston
Ball High
Rangers
la Marque
Brazesport
Pasadena
Sterling
Steve Kysar
Memorial Stadium
23 000 Patrons Get Tax Bills
The school district tax office completed mailing over 23 600 tax notices. Taxes are due by January 1967 without penalty. The total assessed property value is $277,510,250, down from last year due to industrial losses. The tax rate is $1.35 per $10 valuation, with $1.66 for the school district and 19 cents for the junior college district. About $5,133,937 in current taxes are due, with $4,906,726.69 to the school district and $527,260.48 to the junior college district.
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Hobart Enoch
Enoch
Baytown Council Extends Employment Service Hours
Baytown City Council voted to fund Texas Employment Commission services two days weekly after TEC threatened to pull out due to rent costs at Oddfellows Hall. The council agreed to pay TEC until alternate quarters are provided by TEC or the city.
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Baytown
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Oddfellows Hall
Workers Elated as United Fund Reaches 87 Percent
Baytown United Fund chair John Coates reports $205,029 goal met at 87 percent with $318,000 raised. He notes the hard part begins as solicitors push for 95 percent by Tuesday. A report meeting at Citizens National Bank 4:30 p.m. invites all solicitors.
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John Coates
Citizens National Bank
Coates
Western Auto Supply
Baytoun
Red Feather
Credit Bureau of
Baytown
Marbon Chemicals Co
Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association
Highlands
Special Education Department of Baytown
Shemvin - Williams
Bayshore Motors
Matherne’s
Kemp and Tony's
Baytown Airman Jake Simmons Killed in Viet Nam
Family in Baytown received official notice Wednesday that Pfe. J. A. Simmons died in action in Viet Nam on October 23 at age 18. He volunteered January 21, 1966, after leaving San Francisco for service. He urged his mother not to worry in letters from the Mekong Delta patrol. His body was being shipped home for burial with funeral arrangements to follow. He leaves a sister Glenda and several half siblings along with a stepbrother Ray Wilkins Jr serving in the Navy in Viet Nam.
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Pfe. J. A. i
Jake) Shimmons
Baytown
Viet Nam
Ray Wilkins
Holly Drive
Air Force
Bobby King
Delmar Ray Dyer
Jerry L. Noland
Ross C. Fisher Jr
Rober E. Lee
San Francisco
Mekong Delta
Glenda Simmons
Kenneth
Gary Inman
Cheryl
Terry Wilkins
Dennis Wilkins
Ray Wilkins, Jr
Navy
South Viet Nam
Simmons
Defense Department
Ronald G. Perryman
Coahoma
Air Force S. Sst
Robert B Green
Big Spring
Deer Park Hosts Ganders Saturday at Memorial Stadium
Deer Park will host the Ganders at 7 30 p m Saturday at Baytown Memorial Stadium because Deer Park’s home venue is unfinished. The Ganders wear road white, season tickets aren’t valid for this game, and unclaimed tickets are on sale at the stadium office. If the Ganders lose, championship hopes dim. district 124A leaders South Houston La Marque Pasadena and Brazosport are tied after losses, with Deer Park still seeking its first conference win. Ross Sterling hosts South Houston Friday.
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Deer Park
Ganders
Baytown
Memorial Stadium
Deer
AEL
Stadium
South Houston
la Marque
Pasadena
Brazosport
Sam Ray
Explosion at ammo dump kills two U S Marines
In South Vietnam an Army ammo dump exploded 12 miles north of Saigon, killing two American servicemen and wounding 10. Initial reports underplayed casualties. AP correspondent John Lengel noted authorities later reported a heavier toll. In Thailand, King and Queen welcomed President Johnson with ceremonial pomp, while he spoke of future peace in Asia.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
John Lengel
Scere
Bangkok
Thailand
Johnson
All Asia
Red Chinese Claim Test Of N-Device
Red China claimed it exploded a nuclear warhead carried by a guided missile in an event described as greatly encouraging to Hanoi. It was the fourth Chinese nuclear test since Oct 16, 1983, occurring as President Johnson visited Asia. The US AEC detected an explosion near Lop Nor in Sinkiang with a low to mid range yield, while officials cautioned no confirmation of a missile delivery.
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Tworyo
RSP
Red China
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Johnson
Manila
Thailand
Peking
New China
New China News Agency
US Atomic Energy Commission
Lop Nor
Singkiang
AEC
U.S
Robert McNamara
City Council Approves Paving From Forests To Gulf
City Council votes to pave the Commerce to Gulf street segment at an estimated cost of 65 054 05 dollars and to obtain appraisals for extensions of Davis Road to North Mein and connections to Main. Officials discuss a comprehensive traffic plan with one way Commerce and one way North Main.
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George Ferguson
Forrest
Gulf
Davis Road
North Mein
Commerce
South Main
North Main
Pat Ball
Main
Ball
Wye Drive
WAMCA
Bob Beverly
George Chandler
Chandler
Ross Sterling High School
Tiar
Apples Lighten Baytown Council Session Night
It was a long session but apples bridged the lull as Baytown officials adjourned at 11 22 pm. Councilman Pat Ball handed out samples from the Elwants Club sale to fund the youth program while City Manager Fritz Lanham read his report. The crowd, including Mayor Seaborn Cravey, er found themselves in Kiwanis Apple Week with November meeting dates set for the second and fourth Wednesdays.
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Seaborn Cravey
City Connect
Blair Mann
Pat Ball
Baytown Elwants Club
Fritz Lanham
Washington State
Baytown
Grand Ole Opry Stars Set for JC Show in Baytown
Loretta Lynn headlines the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce fundraiser at Robert E. Lee High School on Wednesday November 2. The Morrison Family Patsy Elshire and other acts join the return of a Grand Ole Opry star bill to support Jaycees projects including sending The Baytown Sun to service members in Viet Nam. Tickets cost 32 for adults and 30 cents for children under 12.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Patsy Elshire
Red Foley
Ben Parrish
Jaycee
Jaycees
Baytown Sun
Viet Nam
Fred Hornberger
Jaycéy
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Richardson Subdivision
Festa Eer
Bayshore
Helen Chappell
James A. Luke
Juanita Caruso
Ann Frazier
Sandra Woods
August Smith
Willie Allen
Saundra
Marcus Payne Jr
Pete Roberts
Roland Kudla
Virginia Blackmon
Andrew Lannie
Delbert Ashworth
Cheney Coker
George Simon
Lois Cherry
A. C. Chaddick
Verre Whiddon
Itizens
F.D.C
Jvs
United Fund
Juanita
Coastal Armsture Works
Addresser Recording
Baytown Hardware
Odena Childers Insurance Agency
Kerry Bond
Katbitzy
McDonald
Jake’ Simmons
PFC
J. A
Jake) Seomwons
Thad Felton
National Bank OF Baytown
F.c.7.c
Old Lane
Harold Lane
Massey-Tom
Bob Smith
Bohemian Hall Road
US Steel
Stauffer Chemical
Texas
East m
Lowell” Lammers
Civic Center
Lammers
Council
Grand Ole Opry Stars
JC Show
Loretta Lynn
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